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to M.C. Magney on November 12, 1996. The connecting watermain has been installed. The well house construction cannot commence until the well has been finished. Well No. 1 When the engineering services for the construction of Well No. 3 was awarded last February, it was apparent that the capacity of the new well would not be available in time to meet the peak summer demand of 1996. It was also determined that Well No. 1 was capable of supplying more water than the 550 gpm well pump was delivering. Back when the well was developed in 1984, the demand of the utility simply did not warrant a pump as large as the well could produce. A project was authorized in March 1996, to change out the existing pump with a larger variable speed pump. This project was bid and awarded to E.H. Renner. This project has now been completed and well No. 1 has been increased to a capacity of 900 gpm. In addition, the variable speed drive allows more economical pumping at various pumping rates which can be selected to pace the system demands. The project has now been completed and final payment request is anticipated at the next meeting. E.H. Renner has requested compensation for work that was performed beyond the scope of the contract. A change order in the amount of $1,095 is anticipated to close out this project. SCADA System SCADA stands for Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition. At this point, our system will have three separate locations which need to function together - two well houses and an elevated tank. Radio telemetry currently links the existing well house and the tower. However, the majority of the controls, which are located within the well house, are over ten years old and are quite antiquated compared with current technology. Complicating the existing system is the fact that the controls were revamped in 1989 when the elevated tank replaced the hydroneumatic pressure tank located inside well house No. 1. The controls have been problematic since that time. Some of the function switches do not work, and others are interconnected through the old pressure tank controls. This SCADA system will also provide automated collection of vital data on our system performance. For example, we presently have only a permanent record of when well pumps came on line and the rate at which they pumped. There is no permanent record of the tank elevation. The SCADA system will also be able to report alarms from our sanitary lift stations, as well as the water system. Presently, the specifications for the SCADA system are being finalized. Bids have not been authorized or let, but specifications are currently being reviewed by staff. Well No. 4 Well No. 4 needs to be pursued as soon as possible. It is common for a water utility to provide a combination of water supply (well capacity) and storage such that the utility can meet its peak day demand with its largest single source out-of-service. This is known as "f'mn well capacity". Table 4 below shows the capacity of all wells pumping 24 hours per day. Well No. 3 is assumed to have a pumping capacity of 1,000 gpm, and the City of Anoka supplying a maximum of one million gallons per as our current agreement. Our system, upon completion of Well No. 3 will have a total capacity of 4.31 MGD. However, with the loss of one of any of our three largest sources, our finn well capacity drops significantly. Table 4 shows the system's firm well capacity with each source out of service. Our maximum demand day of 2.6 MGD of the last summer experienced on August 13, 1996. With additional customer growth, the utility will easily exceed the firm well especially this summer. It is for this reason I am recommending we commence work on Well No. 4 after the completion of Well No. 3. In setting up the contract document for Well No. 3, a price for Well No. 4 was solicited, however, authorizations to proceed on this portion of the work has not been given.